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'''Lovato''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[surname]]. It hails from northern Italian: from the [[Late Latin]] personal name ''Lupatus'', derivative of [[Latin language|Latin]] ''lupus'' ‘wolf’. This is one of several medieval personal names which became popular under the influence of Germanic compound personal names formed with ''wolf-''.<ref>http://www.ancestry.com/facts/lovato-family-history.ashx</ref>
| name = Lovato
| pronunciation =
| meaning = "Like a wolf"
| region = Northern Italy
| language = Italian
| related names = Levato, Leveto, Levito, Levetto, [[Lobato]]
| footnotes =
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'''Lovato''' is a [[surname]] of northern [[Italy|Italian]] origin. It derives from the [[Late Latin]] personal name ''Lupatus'', derivative of [[Latin language|Latin]] ''lupus'', meaning "wolf". This is one of several medieval personal names which became popular under the influence of Germanic compound personal names formed with ''wolf-''.<ref>http://www.ancestry.com/facts/lovato-family-history.ashx</ref>


==People==
Persons by that surname:
* [[Demi Lovato]], an American actress and singer-songwriter
* [[Demi Lovato]] (b. 1992), an American actress and singer-songwriter
* [[Frank Lovato, Jr.]], an American jockey
* [[Frank Lovato, Jr.]] (b. 1963), an American jockey
* [[Roberto Lovato]], an American journalist and commentator
* [[Lovato Lovati]] (1241–1309), an Italian scholar, judge, and humanist
* [[Tony Lovato]], singer and guitarist with the band Mest
* [[Roberto Lovato]] (b. 1963), an American journalist and commentator
* [[Tony Lovato]] (b. 1980), an American singer and guitarist with the band Mest


==References==
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[[Category:Surnames of Italian origin]]
[[Category:Italian-language surnames]]
[[Category:Italian-language surnames]]



Revision as of 09:11, 3 December 2011

Lovato
Language(s)Italian
Origin
Meaning"Like a wolf"
Region of originNorthern Italy
Other names
Related namesLevato, Leveto, Levito, Levetto, Lobato

Lovato is a surname of northern Italian origin. It derives from the Late Latin personal name Lupatus, derivative of Latin lupus, meaning "wolf". This is one of several medieval personal names which became popular under the influence of Germanic compound personal names formed with wolf-.[1]

People

References